Rule of Law and Institution-building

Grants created to uphold the principle that everyone - from the individual to the government - is accountable to laws that are publicly promulgated, equally enforced, and independently adjudicated. This translates into improving the constitution, judicial system, and entire governing system, including rebuilding government institutions. The rule of law ensures stable institutions that promote a more stable, resilient society.

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1%
$3.6 Million
out of $376.8 Million
for all peace and security
Median Grant Size: $50,000

Top Funders

Freedom House, Inc.
$798.8 K
Foundation to Promote Open Society
$650.0 K
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
$608.0 K
Ford Foundation
$350.0 K
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
$300.0 K
Sarah Scaife Foundation, Inc.
$200.0 K
Fund for Nonviolence
$185.0 K
Wellspring Philanthropic Fund, Inc.
$100.0 K
Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH
$87.1 K
Open Society Institute
$73.0 K
Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Inc.
$70.0 K
The Global Fund for Women, Inc.
$50.0 K
Fund for Global Human Rights, Inc.
$45.0 K
Ploughshares Fund
$22.0 K
TrustAfrica
$15.0 K
The Skoll Foundation
$10.0 K
American Jewish World Service
$10.0 K
Spectemur Agendo, Inc.
$10.0 K
Compton Foundation, Inc.
$10.0 K
Peace Direct
$9.0 K
Global Greengrants Fund, Inc.
$5.0 K

Starting in 2014, the Open Society Foundations’ grants data is reported by and attributed to the individual legal entities that constitute the Foundations. Prior to 2014, grantmaking from these funders are collectively attributed to ‘Open Society Foundations’.

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Funding for General Support

16% $590,000 8 Grants = 28%

Sample Grants

  • National Endowment for Democracy
    awarded a grant for $39,600 to BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina

    To advance the process of transitional-justice and rule of law in Bosnia and Herzegovina by monitoring war crimes trials and producing daily coverage for the Justice Report online magazine, offering news and analysis on domestic war crimes trials, rule of law developments, past human rights abuses, and the impact these developments have on local communities.

  • Fund For Global Human Rights, Inc.
    awarded a grant for $40,000 to Centro Para Accion Legal en Derechos Humanos

    For general support of this organization, whose activities include promoting the rule of law by prosecuting cases at the national and international levels against high-level officials responsible for genocide and crimes against humanity.

  • The International Development Research Centre
    awarded a grant for $583,728 to Belun

    To conduct applied research to assess the legitimacy of the military and police in the eyes of different groups of Timorese and make policy recommendations for reforms.